/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14651247]

What are the best books to get into Eastern philosophy?

[Anonymous No.14651288]

>>14651247
Tao te Ching
The Zhuangzhi
The I Ching
The Art of War
In the Buddha's Words
A good collection of Confucius says
The Quran

[Anonymous No.14651451]

>>14651247
The Way of Zen - Alan Watts

[Anonymous No.14651463]

>>14651247
mastering the core teachings of the buddha

[Anonymous No.14651540]

Try An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy by Karyn L. Lai

[Anonymous No.14651561]

Try An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy
By Stephen J. Laumakis

For Byzantine stuff try Byzantine Philosophy
by Basil Tatakis

[Anonymous No.14651562]

>>14651463
How do one go about doing that?

[Anonymous No.14651684]

>>14651288
>>14651540
>>14651561
Thanks, they sound like good recommendations

[Anonymous No.14651695]

>>14651247
Look into books by David Godman for getting a good idea for India

[Anonymous No.14651709]

>>14651247
The Bhagavad-Gita

[Anonymous No.14651748]

>>14651247
'Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines' by Rene Guenon (pbuh) is not only an invaluable tool in enabling one to properly understand Hindu philosophy, but it greatly helps in better understanding all Eastern philosophy in general through many of the misconceptions about that topic which it refutes which are common to westerners, perhaps as a result of the materialist biases among others in our educational system.

[Anonymous No.14651776]

>>14651748
As usual, fuck off

[Anonymous No.14652077]

>>14651776
Why does Rene Guenon (pbuh) anger you? How anyone could be angered by such insight and erudition remains a mystery to me

[Anonymous No.14652098]

>>14651288
Analects of Confucius
Art of war translation by Thomas Huynh
The Baghivad Gita

[Anonymous No.14652109]

introducing daoism
introduction to classical chinese philosophy
japanese philosophy: a sourcebook
buddhism as philosophy

[Anonymous No.14652121]

>>14652077
because of your obsession and blatant spam. No other reason really. We'd have given him a chance if you weren't so autistic but now his name is forever tainted in this board. Fuck off

[Anonymous No.14652175]

>>14652121
By forever tainted do you mean just for yourself? Because I regularly have great discussions of Rene Guenon (pbuh) with many other posters here who appreciate him, the notion that his reputation is tainted doesn't accord with the lively discussions of him that occur often with many people praising and recommending him.

[Anonymous No.14652210]

>>14652175
>Because I regularly have great discussions of Rene Guenon (pbuh) with many other posters here who appreciate him
we all know it's just you talking to yourself and MAYBE occasionally with some newfag who takes the bait. You're not fooling anyone

[Anonymous No.14652238]

>>14652210
I have interacted with many adoring fans of Rene Guenon (pbuh) on /lit/ and have even met some IRL, it seems that in your anger you have slipped into paranoia

[Anonymous No.14652249]

>>14652175
>anon makes a thread about Buddhism
>Guenon cultists raid thread to death about how Buddhism is refuted and only Guenon understands eastern philosophy
>10 Guenon threads a day
>Guenonfags actually think Guenon the only philosopher anyone should ever read and bait newfags into thinking Guenon is an authority on eastern canons

>great discussions
You guys spam like discord trannys

[Anonymous No.14652275]

>>14652238
>I have interacted with many adoring fans of Rene Guenon (pbuh) on /lit/
sure you have, dipshit. That's why, if you check the archives, many of your "conversations" are exactly the same, copy/pasted obvious spam.
>and have even met some IRL
you've never left your basement.

[Anonymous No.14653631]

>>14651247
neo-Confucian Canon of Xhu Zi:
Ta Hsueh
Chung Yung
Analects
Mencius

Taoist Canon of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang:
Tao Te Ching
Chuang Tzu
Lieh Tzu
Wen Tzu

Shinto:
The Kojiki

Texts of Major Hindu Schools of Philosophy:
Upanishads
Bhagavad Gita
Brahma Sutras
Yoga Sutras

Jain Texts:
Tattvartha Sutra

Theravada Texts:
Visuddhimagga